1 year ago
Assam steps up fight against AIDS
Guwahati, Dec 1 - Thousands of people in India's northeast, where a large number of drug users have sparked fears of a worsening AIDS epidemic, pledged Monday to step up the fight against HIV by spreading awareness about the dreaded virus. School children, health workers, people living with HIV/AIDS and rehabilitated drug addicts marched through the streets in the seven northeastern states - Aru ... read more

2 years ago
People in the northeast vow to curb spread of HIV
Guwahati, Dec 1 - Thousands of people in India's northeast, where the high number of drug users has sparked fears of a worsening AIDS epidemic, pledged Saturday to step up the fight against HIV by spreading awareness about the fatal disease. Schoolchildren, lawmakers, health workers, rehabilitated drug addicts and HIV-positive people wearing red ribbons marched through the streets in the seven n ... read more

Guwahati | 3 years ago
Alliance formed in Assam to fight HIV/AIDS
Guwahati, May 7 - At least 29 different civil society groups, including people living with HIV, have formed an alliance in Assam to jointly fight HIV/AIDS that has assumed epidemic proportions in the region.'The need for a common platform of civil society groups, NGOs, media, trade unions, and people living with HIV, is to address various issues from removing stigma to accessing care and treatment ... read more

Guwahati | 3 years ago
Assam reports HIV suicides, treatment a distant dream
Guwahati, March 7 - At least a dozen HIV-positive people have committed suicide in Assam in the last few months while hundreds of others are struggling for survival as there is virtually no access to treatment.'We have details of about 10 HIV-positive people who committed suicide in recent months. The situation is indeed alarming as there could be more such people who might have ended their lives ... read more

Guwahati | 3 years ago
US NGO to counsel HIV/AIDS patients in Assam
Guwahati, Dec 12 - A leading US HIV/AIDS healthcare provider will soon be reaching out to hundreds of people living with the virus in Assam to provide treatment and support.The US-based AIDS Healthcare Foundation - will set up three voluntary counselling and testing centres in Assam's main city of Guwahati, the eastern town of Dibrugarh and the southern city of Silchar. India's National AIDS Cont ... read more

Guwahati | 3 years ago
India's northeast vows to renew AIDS fight
Guwahati, Dec 1 - India's northeastern states, alarmed by rising AIDS fatalities from drug use in the region, Friday pledged to step up their fight against the deadly virus by spreading awareness.Schoolchildren, health workers, rehabilitated drug addicts and HIV-positive people wearing red ribbons marched through the streets in Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland and Tr ... read more

Shillong | 3 years ago
When journalists refuse to handshake HIV+ person?
Shillong, Sept 2 - People with HIV/AIDS in India's northeast blame an insensitive media for the society stigmatizing the problem that has assumed epidemic proportions.'I have come across journalists refusing to shake hands, sat a few meters away from me, and didn't even look at my eyes during interview sessions. I always thought journalists would help in breaking the stigma,' Vanlalmuana, presiden ... read more

Shillong | 3 years ago
HIV carriers find journalists 'insensitive'
Shillong, Sep 2 - HIV carriers have criticised journalists for being insensitive and ignorant about the disease that has assumed epidemic proportions in India's northeast.'I have come across journalists who refuse to shake hands, sit a few meters away and avoid eye contact with HIV carriers. I always thought journalists would help fight the stigma associated with AIDS,' Vanlalmuana, president of P ... read more